mezi

See also: mezí, meži, mēži, mêzi, and mezi-

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *meďi, locative singular of *meďa, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos. Cognate with Polish między and miedzy, Slovak medzi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛzɪ]

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Preposition

mezi [with instrumental]

1. between
2. among

   Mezi slepými jednooký králem. ― Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king.

Noun

mezi f

1. dative/vocative/locative singular of mez

Further reading

• “mezi”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
• “mezi”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “mezi”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Lozi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *màjíjɪ̀.

Noun

mezi

1. water

References

• Godwin A. M. Lewanika, English-Lozi Phrase Book (1949)
• Adolphe Jalla, Elementary Grammar of the Lozi Language (1937)

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *meci.

Noun

mezi

1. honey

Inflection

Inflection of mezi (inflection type 18/vezi)
nominative sing.	mezi
genitive sing.	meden
partitive sing.	met
partitive plur.	—
	singular	plural
nominative	mezi	—
accusative	meden	—
genitive	meden	—
partitive	met	—
essive-instructive	meden	—
translative	medeks	—
inessive	medes	—
elative	medespäi	—
illative	medehe	—
adessive	medel	—
ablative	medelpäi	—
allative	medele	—
abessive	medeta	—
comitative	medenke	—
prolative	metme	—
approximative I	medenno	—
approximative II	medennoks	—
egressive	medennopäi	—
terminative I	medehesai	—
terminative II	medelesai	—
terminative III	medessai	—
additive I	medehepäi	—
additive II	medelepäi	—

Derived terms

• mezikämen
• mezipeza
• medenkeradai
• medenkeraduz

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “мёд”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika